Directed by:
Denzel WashingtonScreenplay:
Robert EiseleCinematography:
Philippe RousselotCast:
Denzel Washington, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker, Jermaine Williams, Forest Whitaker, Gina Ravera, John Heard, Kimberly Elise, Devyn A. Tyler (more)VOD (1)
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Inspired by a true story, Washington shines as a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African American college students into an historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Denzel Washington](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/873/162873124_112c0f.jpg)
Denzel Washington
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Philadelphia (1993)
Man on Fire (2004)
![Nate Parker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309413_4a1a30.jpg)
Nate Parker
USA
Best movies:
Felon (2008)
The Great Debaters (2007)
The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
![Jurnee Smollett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/126/164126961_67bb84.jpg)
Jurnee Smollett
USA
Best movies:
The Great Debaters (2007)
Gridiron Gang (2006)
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013)
![Denzel Whitaker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/403/403337_cb77c1.jpg)
Denzel Whitaker
USA
Best movies:
Warrior (2011)
The Great Debaters (2007)
Training Day (2001)
Jermaine Williams
Best movies:
The Great Debaters (2007)
The Boys of Abu Ghraib (2014)
Bulworth (1998)
![Forest Whitaker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/438/164438982_ed2bec.jpg)
Forest Whitaker
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
Phone Booth (2002)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
![Gina Ravera](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/062/161062545_dc02fb.jpg)
Gina Ravera
USA
Best movies:
The Temptations (1998) (TV movie)
The Great Debaters (2007)
Kiss the Girls (1997)
![John Heard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/141/163141723_834cdb.jpg)
John Heard
USA
Best movies:
Awakenings (1990)
Home Alone (1990)
Mindwalk (1990)
![Kimberly Elise](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/129/163129561_a5be3d.jpg)
Kimberly Elise
USA
Best movies:
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009) (TV movie)
The Great Debaters (2007)
Set It Off (1996)
Devyn A. Tyler
USA
Best movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
The Great Debaters (2007)
![Ritchie Montgomery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/369/159369291_7dba88.jpg)
Ritchie Montgomery
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Quarry (2016) (series)
Tim Parati
Best movies:
John Adams (2008) (series)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
The Crow (1994)
Justice Leak
USA
Best movies:
The Great Debaters (2007)
American Made (2017)
The Staircase (2022) (series)
![Glen Powell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/429/166429231_8e221a.jpg)
Glen Powell
USA
Best movies:
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Into the West (2005) (series)
Brian Smiar
Best movies:
The Great Debaters (2007)
Shadows and Fog (1991)
Damien Leake
Best movies:
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Serpico (1973)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Stephen Rider
Best movies:
Harley and the Davidsons (2016) (series)
The Great Debaters (2007)
The Butler (2013)
![Donny Boaz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/021/354/21354171_4c5e9e.jpg)
Donny Boaz
Best movies:
My All-American (2015)
The Great Debaters (2007)
Friday Night Lights (2004)
Bonnie Johnson
USA
Best movies:
Big Fish (2003)
The Great Debaters (2007)
The Prince of Tides (1991)
Charissa Allen
Best movies:
Sin City (2005)
The Great Debaters (2007)
Office Space (1999)